Alec Baldwin Quotes

I return to the stage first and foremost because I'm an actor, and I love it.

My best work happened on the stage.

From the first audition on stage, I knew I loved acting.

For me, working on stage is much more exhausting than all the other mediums, but it's also much more thrilling.

One of the safest places to be in the world is the stage.

I started out in theatre, and there's no better feeling than the adrenaline of being on stage.

I started performing at school and drama classes when I was 7.

When playing a role, I would feel more comfortable, as you're given a prescribed way of behaving. So, both Facebook and theatre provide contrived settings that provide the illusion of social interaction.

I was a stage-struck child from about 5 years onward.

I'm most at home on the stage.

The first time I ever did a play, in junior high school, I said to myself, 'Hey, people like me doing this. I'm making them laugh.'

It was when I was on stage that I realized that acting could be such a brilliant job.

I started on the stage when I was 13 and I consider the stage my home.

It is when I am on stage that I feel most comfortable. It is my home. It is the only thing I have known since I was a kid.

Have I seen any plays that I've been in? Uh, you know, might be a little weird.

I always wanted to entertain. When I was little, I would sing in front of the mirror with a hairbrush or my sisters and I would make shows. I always wanted to be on TV.

I like playing on stage, don't get me wrong.

There are a lot of actors - I'm probably one - who are most at home when they're on stage.

That was my original dream, anyway, to be on stage. I think the stage is an actor's place because actors, it belongs to you.

In live stage, the actor lives.

I do admire Judi Dench and Sir Ian McKellen, but I'm a philistine. I like the good life too much; I'm not good at going on stage night after night and on wet Wednesday afternoons.

I play a role in front of the cameras, just like in the movies.

I wanted to be on the stage, doing very important emotional roles.

I love the theatre. It's a perfect life for an actor: you can do a couple of movies and then go and do a play, and then go back and do another movie. It's a nice way to live your life.

I was always in plays at school and in school concerts - you could say I liked to show off.